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Highlights of London

Here are some highlights of our four days in London.Thames River CruiseOne of the most enjoyable experiences we had in London was an afternoon cruise in the sunshine down the Thames River, from the Embankment Pier to the Tower Bridge. It wasn't a fancy cruise, just a river taxi that is marketed as an extension of the London Underground. But it was really fun and an efficient way to get us to the

by Jour ~ Sunday, October 17, 2010 0 comments

Highlights of Oxford

OK, finally catching up on Oxford! First up is a few more photos from Saturday night, when we slept on the nice farm outside Abingdon and drove into Oxford for dinner.Our room - really comfy.Dinner at Wagamama in Oxford:My amai udon, which is a lot like pad thai but with Japanese noodles.We had lovely weather in Oxford during our short visit and it was really fun to see all the old familiar

by Jour ~ Friday, October 15, 2010 0 comments

Herefordshire to Oxford

We had a great full day in London today, with lots more sunshine than forecasted, including a long (but not long enough!) visit to the medieval galleries in the British Museum on my own and a cruise on the Thames that we both really enjoyed. But first, some catching up with photos from the last few days.Friday: Herefordshire ChurchesOn Friday we visited some little country churches and a

by Jour ~ Tuesday, October 12, 2010 0 comments

Brief Greetings from London

I am happy to report that my laptop now has a brand-new hard drive and is working well - a big thanks to David for that! I'll try to finally post some photos tomorrow or the next day. Briefly, though, we had a really great time in Oxford. We had beautiful sunny weather both days, stayed in a former prison in the Oxford Castle, and visited some old favorite places. I especially had a wonderful

by Jour ~ Sunday, October 10, 2010 0 comments

Technical Difficulties in Oxford

We've been very busy lately getting lots of pictures in SW England. Today we visited Gloucester Cathedral and the Cotswolds, and this evening we drove into Oxford for dinner at our favorite noodle place, Wagamama. It was so fun to see our old home city again. Tonight we're sleeping in a nice B&B on a farm a few miles south of Oxford, and tomorrow we move to a hotel in Oxford proper.Tonight we are

by Jour ~ Friday, October 8, 2010 0 comments

Back to England

After two days of mostly driving on freeways, we are back in southern England. Tonight and tomorrow night we are sleeping in Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire, near the Welsh border (and only an hour and a half from Oxford). We really enjoyed the natural beauty and lack of people in the Scottish Highlands and islands, but England feels like home and there's really nothing like stone fences and meadows

by Jour ~ Wednesday, October 6, 2010 0 comments

Beverley to Durham

Beverley, cont.It was another full day today! But I think that will be the case pretty much every day, so you can just assume that from now on. But first, here are the other photos of Beverley I wasn't able to post last night.Beverley has cream-colored phone boxes instead of the usual red, because they are municipally sponsored instead of nationally. Or something like that. They're pretty,

by Jour ~ Friday, September 24, 2010 0 comments

Norwich, Lincoln, Beverley

Lots of good stuff to share in this post so it's a bit of a long one, but I've included as many food photos as possible!Yesterday morning in Cambridge, we got up at 6am, David made another cooked breakfast, and we got on the road by 7. The 1.5 hour drive was fairly good, but there was a lot more traffic than we expected.Based on what we saw of it, Norwich isn't all that great of a town, but its

by Jour ~ Thursday, September 23, 2010 0 comments

Canterbury to Cambridge

Yesterday morning we went inside Canterbury Cathedral as soon as it opened at 9am and started in the crypt, which was closed last time we visited so was great to see. It is the biggest crypt I've ever seen, stretching nearly the whole length of the cathedral. It's also the oldest part, dating from the early 1100s. That means it's Romanesque, my favorite flavor of architecture, and it has some

by Jour ~ Tuesday, September 21, 2010 0 comments

Brussels to Canterbury

We are back in the UK and so happy to be here! It's kind of strange in a way - everything is so familiar that it seems like returning to the USA was all a dream and soon we'll drive back to our place in Oxford. We've revisited several of our favorite things already: Marks & Spencers, Pepsi Max (even more delicious than I remember), and Wagamama.But to start at the beginning, we went to bed early

by Jour ~ Sunday, September 19, 2010 0 comments

Hobnobbing with the stars

Kate Moss, Mick Jagger Rock at Led Zeppelin ShowDavid and his friend Ron were in some pretty famous company at the Led Zeppelin concert last night! In addition to the two pictured above, the audience included Paul McCartney, Paris Hilton, Naomi Campbell, Michael J. Fox, Juliette Lewis, Lisa Marie Presley and Pink. David had a very good time and said Led Zeppelin sounded great. Unfortunately he

by Jour ~ Tuesday, December 11, 2007 0 comments

Oxford to Belgium

Oxford: Graduation DaySaturday was almost entirely occupied by my graduation ceremony, which was complicated and rather exhausting but also fun and memorable. I was proud to be a part of it and now I really feel like an Oxford graduate. That's the nice thing about ceremonies.The day started at 11:45 with the "signing of the graces" at my college. This mainly consisted of signing a list to show

by Jour ~ Sunday, November 25, 2007 0 comments

London Day 2 in Pictures

On Thursday we took another marathon walk through a remarkably sunny London. This time we started with Kings Road in Chelsea, which is one of my favorite areas of London (despite a lack of historic churches). We did some good window shopping at wonderful stores like Muji and Molton Brown.Muji store windowThen we looked for a place to have a late breakfast since it wasn't included at our posh

by Jour ~ Saturday, November 24, 2007 0 comments

London Day 1 in Pictures

Happy Black Friday! I hope no one hurt themselves out shopping today!So, to begin the promised details of London. On our first full day in the city (Wednesday), it was cloudy starting out but beautifully blue the rest of the day. We followed a walking route we've taken before and like very much, and we had such a great time looking around and taking pictures. The only downside is that we

by Jour ~ Friday, November 23, 2007 0 comments

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Turkey Day! It is also David's birthday today and we had a really fun day of celebration, walking all over London for a second day in a row. We had beautiful sunny weather yesterday, and some good sunbreaks today. I'm too beat to do a full post tonight, but hope to catch up tomorrow night when we're living the quieter life in Oxford. Enjoy your turkey and eat some sweet potatoes for us!

by Jour ~ Thursday, November 22, 2007 0 comments

London: Greenwich and Kensington

I'm happy to report we made it successfully across London without any damage to the car or the nerves of the occupants. It took us about an hour to drive nine miles from the east side to the west side, but it was never gridlocked and just a lot of traffic lights. We are now comfortably settled in the Parkcity Hotel in Kensington, which we've stayed in before and really, really like.Big TV, too!

by Jour ~ Tuesday, November 20, 2007 0 comments

Canterbury

Canterbury is a smallish town but it is the spiritual capital of England, for two reasons. First, it was the headquarters and burial place of St Augustine, the first Archbishop of Canterbury. He was sent from Rome by Pope Gregory to convert the English from paganism in 597 AD. A monastery and cathedral were established there, and many important archbishops and abbots were buried there.Second, it

by Jour ~ Monday, November 19, 2007 0 comments

Battle to Canterbury

Friday we toured Battle Abbey, which was built on the site of the Battle of Hastings in October 1066 to atone for all the bloodshed. It was a Benedictine monastery, as most Norman abbeys were, and was expanded over the years until it was destroyed by King Henry VIII in the 1500s.The tour included the remaining monastic buildings (sadly not including the abbey church, which was razed to the ground

by Jour ~ Sunday, November 18, 2007 0 comments

Brighton to Battle

The last couple days have been busy and without a very good internet connection, but now I have some time and good wireless internet, so I'll try to get us up to date! This comes to you from Canterbury, but we've only just arrived this evening instead of two nights ago as planned. We made a spontaneous stop along the way. But I'm getting ahead of myself. My last post left off on our second night

by Jour ~ Saturday, November 17, 2007 0 comments

Brighton Day 2

We decided not to do our day trip today since it would make more sense to see the sights on the way to Canterbury tomorrow. So we had another nice day of exploring Brighton, and as a bonus it was beautifully sunny. We visited some of the same places again (including Subway for lunch!) and also discovered some new areas of the city. One of the new highlights was the 11th-century Church of St

by Jour ~ Wednesday, November 14, 2007 0 comments